Conveyer



Jan, 6,1925. 1,521,679

H. M. GODDEN CONVEYER Filed May 22, 1924 Figi.

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Patented Jan. r6, 1925.

UNITED STATES,

l HARRY M. GODDENQOR LTAMAIOA rLAiN,

MASSACHUSETTS, 'AssrGNoR To -NORrOLir IRON COMPANY, OF NORFOLK DOWNS, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF CONVEYER.

Application filed May 22,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY M. GoDDnN, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Jamaica Plain, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to maire and use the same.

The present invention relates toV an im-` provement in conveyers.

The object of the invention is to reorganize and improve the construction of belt conve-yers for use in factories, warehouses, shops and the like, for conveying articles from place to place therein. The invention consists in the improvements hereinafter described and particularly defined in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred form of the invention, Fig. 1 is a transverse sectional elevation of a conveyor embodying, the present invention; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a part of the same.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention is described as follows: The conveyer consists of a series of rolls 10 which carry an endless belt 11 by which the articles to be transported are carried. The frame 12 constitutes side rails for the conveyer. It is an angle iron, and from its under side are supported the bearings of the beltrolls 10. Brackets 13 are employed which have horizontal feet or bases 14 which are bolted to the under side of the horizontal web of the angle iro-n frame A12 by means of the bolts 15. The vertical portions 16 of the brackets 13 are provided with bearing block openings 17 to receive'the bearing blocks 18. The bearing blocks consist of a block preferably of wood suitably treated to give it 'long wearing qualities, which is yprovided with a hole to receive the gudgeon 19 of the rolls 10. The bearing block 18 is provided on its under side with' a shoulder 2O which takes against the inner surface of the vertical member 16 of the bracket 13. The bearing block opening 17 in the bracket 13 has a vertical height greater than the 1924. Serial No. 715,092.

vertical height of the bearing block 18 by an amount slightly in excess of the vertical height of the shouldery 2O on the block so that when it is desired to remove a bearing block for replacement of the block, all that is necessary to be done is to lift the bearing block upwardly su'iiciently i i to allow the shoulder 20`to clear the bottom of the opening 17 in the bracket, and then withdraw it laterally. The width of the bearing block opening-17 of the bracket is made slightly greater than the width of the bearing block so that the block shall be freely capable of being inserted and withdrawn through the opening in the bracket.

The vertical portion 16 of the bracket 13 is provided with a shaft passage 21 in its bottom through which the gudgeon 19 ofthe roll 10 may be dropped when it is desired to remove the roll. By means of this passage the rolls may be removed and replaced when for any reason this becomes desirable, by first removing the bearing block.

In prior constructions the renewal of the bearing block or the rolls has required the removal of the bracket from the frame, and

in some places this was inconvenient because of the narrow space through which the con veyer extended, rendering the bolt head and nut difficult of access to the wrench. The present construction eliminates thisv difliculty and facilitates the removal and replacement of the bearing blocks and rolls.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A conveyer having, in combination, a frame, a bracket secured to the frame, a bearing block carried bythe bracket, and a conveyer roll having a gudgeon received in the bearing block, the bracket having a bearing block o-pening to receive the bearing block of-greater height than the depthof the block, the block being provided with a shoulder which, when the bearing block is in place, engages the inside ofthe bracket and is thereby held from lateral movement therethrough.

2. A conveyer having, in combination, a frame, a bracket secured to the frame, a bearing block carried by the bracket, and a conveyer roll having a. gudgeon received in the bearing block7 the bracket having aI bearing block opening and shaft passage, the former to receive ther hearing block and being of greater height than the depth of the block, and the latter permitting the re- 5 inoval of the roll when the block is removed, the block being provided With a shoulder which, when the bearing block is in place,

engages Athe inside of the bracket and is thereby held from lateral movement therethrough.

YIn testimony 'whereof I have signed my name. to this specification.

HARRY M. GODDEN. 

